Name check
Is your company name already in the register? Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company in the KBO register already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector. Trademarks and domain names are checked separately.
“ARWA”
An active company already has this name
The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.
Also pick your activity to see whether a similar name exists in your own sector.
What this check does and does not say
- We compare against every name in the KBO register today: the name, the abbreviation and the trade names of enterprises and their establishments. Capitals, accents, punctuation and legal forms (bv, nv, srl, ...) do not count.
- This is not a trademark search and not legal advice on using the name. A name that is not in the register can still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the official registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
- A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.
Same or very similar names
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN WESTERN & CENTRAL ASIA · Schaarbeek · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lille · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of OAI Trans · Freight transport by road · Boom · since 2018
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Translation services · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of ARDI ONE COMPANY · On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Dilbeek · since 2019
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Brussel · since 1990
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Abbreviation of ALL RENOVATION & WINDOWS · General construction of residential buildings · Nijlen · since 1992
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · Elsene · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of BESTRATINGEN SMEYERS · Construction of roads and motorways · Brecht · since 2000
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Activities of building architects · Tielt-Winge · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Antwerp Riders Without Frontiers · Brasschaat · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of ARGENSON WORLD ESTATE · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mons · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Forum de l'Artisanat Rwandais · Elsene · since 1996
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Anderlecht · since 1996
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Wervik · since 2013
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2023
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2011
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Abbreviation of ASSAINISSEMENT RECYCLAGE WALLONIE · Materials recovery from waste · Seraing · since 2005
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Other specialised construction activities · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2004